OUR SERVICES IN IMMIGRATION LAW

+ Sponsorship applications

We regularly submit sponsorship applications with exemption requests based on humanitarian considerations, including for people, who have been found inadmissible in Canada.

We can also represent you in Court for any type of negative decision you may receive with regards to a sponsorship application, where required.

+ Refugee claims

Whether it is at the initial stage of the process, for an appeal of for judicial review proceedings (if your appeal has been rejected), we can represent you at any step of the process, regardless of your country of origin, or the kind of persecution that you fear.

We can also represent you in any matters related to vacation or cessation of your refugee status.

+ Humanitarian and Compassionate grounds permanent residency applications

If you are in a situation where you are not eligible to apply for permanent residency in any of the usual programs, you may have a chance to become a permanent resident based on humanitarian and compassionate grounds. We are here to help you build a strong application and to help you gather the best possible supporting documentation.

In the case where you have already received a negative decision on your humanitarian and compassionate application, we can analyse it with you and advise you on your options.

+ Temporary resident permit

In some particular cases, individuals without status or about to loose their status may be granted a temporary resident permit. This possibility is specifically opened for those who have been victims of domestic violence, as well as for whose who have been found inadmissible in Canada.

+ Appeals related to residency obligation

When you don't respect your residency obligation (i.e. staying in the Canada for the required amount of time within the past five years), you put yourself at risk of losing your permanent residency.

After an immigration officer has issued a decision in your file, you usually have a right to appeal said decision before the Immigration Appeal Division of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. You may keep your permanent residency status if you are able to prove that you did indeed respect your residency obligation or, alternatively, by sucessfully raising humanitarian considerations as to why you should be allowed to remain a permanent resident.

+ Removal orders appeals

If you have been issued a removal order and depending on the specifities of your case, you may have a right to appeal before the Immigration Appeal Division of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. The Board will then decide if you can keep your permanent residency status, and sometimes impose a stay with conditions for you to respect, before a final decision is issued in your case.

If a final removal order has been issued against you and if you want to know more about your chances to remain in Canada, get in touch with a lawyer as soon as possible.

+ To contest a visa or permit refusal

Generaly speaking, various legal recourses exist to challenge negative decisions issued by Canadian and Quebec immigration officers, although they are not necessarily indicated on the refusal letters. If you think that your application has been wrongly refused, get in touch with us to discuss it and we will analyse your file in order to advise you about your options. We can also represent you before all relevant tribunals, if it comes to that.

+ Pre-removal Risk Assessement (PRRA)

If you are eligible to apply for a PRAA, you could eventually be recognized as a refugee or as a protected person in Canada. You may also benefit from a stay of removal. We can help you determine your date of eligibility to apply for a PRRA and we can represent you to submit the PRAA application itself.

+ Detention reviews hearings

Permanent resident and foreigners can be detained for immigration purposes (flight risk, identity or security). These grounds of detention can be challenged in court during detention reviews hearings at the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. We can represent you at the hearing to maximise your chances of being released, including by presenting realistic and convincing detention alternatives to the Board, based on your personnal and specific circumstances.

+ Stay of removals

If the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) has given you a date of departure for your removal but you believe that you have compelling reasons to remain in Canada, we can assist you in order to request a stay of removal.

As a last resort and when appropriate, we can also file a complaint to the Human Rights Committee or to the Committee Against Torture of the United Nations and ask for urgent interim measures to prevent your removal from Canada.

+ Danger opinions, criminal and security inadmissibilities

If you are a resident permanent and the Ministry of Immigration intends to issue an inadmissibility report against you, you will usually have the opportunity to submit written representations to convince them to issue a warning letter instead.

If you have already been found inadmissible on the grounds of security or criminality but also are a protected person, a danger opinion must be issued against you before you can be removed from Canada. During that process, you will have the possibility to submit written arguments and documents to convince the officer in charge of your case not to issue the danger opinion.

Such submissions must me well documented and should address many aspects of your life and background. We are here to help you submit a comprehensive and persuasive file.

We can also assist you to challenge in court any decision taken in the context of these proceedings.

+ Investigations by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)

Applicants who file for permanent or temporary residency, as well as for Canadian citizenship, may be subject to a security investigation involving the participation of CSIS. We can advise you throughout the process and attend CSIS interviews with you.